Ice cream cone carrier



Get. 25, 1932. 5, J DAVls 1,884,970

I ICE CREAM CONE CARRIER Filed May 21, 1930 i 2 3 llllllillillmr uPatented Oct. 1932 niTs lsrATs-s rare ' srnrrzrfin J. DAVIS, orWILLIMANTIC, CONNECTICUT, AssIGNonor ONE-HALF 'ro BERT G. HALLOCK, OFVV'ILLIIVlIALWIIG,v CONNECTICUT ICE CREAM CONE CARRIER Application filedMay 21,

This invention relates to an improved ice cream cone carrier, and oneobject of the invention is to provide a device of this character bymeans of which a number of ice cream cones may be easily transportedfrom one place to another without danger of the cones being dropped ortilted to such an extent that ice cream in the cones will spill or fallout of the same. Another object of the invention is to so form thecarrier that it may be easily lifted and carried from one place toanother or set upon a table or other support and remain in an uprightposition. Another object of the invention is to provide adevice of thischaracter having a standard consisting of sections adapted to be foldedinto flat contacting engagement with each other or moved into anextended position transversely of each other and retained in theextended position by a coneholding rack or tray removably fitted uponthe standard.

Another object of the invention is to so form the sections of thestandard that they may be out from strong cardboard or other sheetmaterial and when assembled have interlocking engagement with eachother.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is very simple in construction and formed of parts all of whichmay be stamped from cardboard or sheet material having sufficientthickness or stifiness to provide a strong support for the ice creamcones.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure1 is a perspective view of the improved ice cream cone carrier,

Fig. 2 is a view showing the carrier partially in section and partiallyin elevation, and r Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken transverselythrough the standard on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 with the sections ofthe standard in a folded position.

The standard 1 of the ice cream cone carrier consists of companionsections 2 and 3 stamped or otherwise cut from stiff cardboard, althoughany sheet material found 1930. Serial No. 454,410.

suitable for the purpose may be used.- The cone-holding rackor tray 4 isstamped from sheet material preferably similarto that from which thesections of the standard-are formed and while the rack has been showncircular in form it will be understood that it may be of any otheroutline desired. The openings 5 formed in the disk constituting the rackare of such diameter that ice cream cones may be fitted into theseopenings and supported therein in an upright position, as indicated bydotted lines in Figure 1.

The section 2 of the standard is formed with a longitudinallyextendingslot 6 midway its width which at its lower end terminates in spacedrelation to the lower end of the section and at its upper end terminatesin spaced relation to an opening 7 formed through the upper portion ofthe section and constituting a finger hold through which a finger isintended to be passed so that the device may be easily liftedand carriedfromv one place to another. The section 3 is shorter than the section 2and is formed with slits 8 and 9 leading from its upper and lower'endsmidway its width. It should be noted that the upper slit 8 is of greaterlength than the lower slit so that when assembling the two sections theupper portion of the section 3 may be first engaged through the slot 6and the section 3 then moved upwardly until its lower portion may passthrough the slit 6 and then downwardly to engage the portion of thesection 2 beneath the lower end of the slot 6 in the slit 9, as shown inFigure 2. Therefore, thetwo sections may be easily moved into engagementwith each other or taken apart but when they are assembled they willhave interlocked engagement with each other. and be prevented fromaccidentally becoming separated; It should. also be noted that when thetwo sections are assembled they may have pivotal movement from anextended operative position transversely of each other, as shown inFigures 1 and 2, to a folded position in flat face to face engagementwith each other, as

shown in Figure 3, and a large number of v standards may be packedin asmall space one upon another. The lower edges of the two sections arecut, as shown in Figure 2, sothat,

while the ends of the lower edges will rest upon a support, intermediateportions thereof will be spaced from the table or other sup port andthere will be less likelihood of the device accidentally turning overdue to its not having firm engagement with the table.

The upper end portions of the sections 2 and 3 are reduced in width inorder to form the standard with a neck 10 and supporting shoulders 11.The shoulders of the two sections are disposed in a common plane so thatwhen the tray 4 is applied to the standard with the neck portion thereofpassed through the crossed slots 12 formed centrally of the rack, thisrack will rest firmly upon the shoulders and the upper ends of the twosections are rounded, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, so that theymay pass easily through the slots when fitting the rack upon the standard. When the rack is applied to the standard, it is firmly supportedthereon and the openings 5 are disposed beyond the outer ends of theshoulders 11 so that cones may be easily set into the openings withoutcontacting with edges of the two sections forming the standard. Afterthe cones have been set into the openings, a finger may be passedthrough the opening 7 and the carrier lifted and easily transported to aplace where the cones are to be eaten or sold. W' hen the carrier'is notin use, it may be set upon a counter in an upright position until againneeded or the rack lifted oil the standard and after being folded putaway together with the rack until again needed.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

An ice cream cone carrier comprising interengaging andfreely separablecompanion sect-ions, one of which is provided with upwardly convergingside edges terminating in inwardly extending horizontal stop shouldersdefining a reduced neck, the free end of which is provided with a fingeropening, there being a vertical slot formed in said section andextending from a point immediately below the finger opening to a pointadjacent the bottom edge of the section, the oth r section beingprovided with upwardly converging side edges, inwardly extendinghorizontal stop shoulders and a reduced neck of less length than thefirst mentioned neck with the upper edge of the neck rounded, said othersection being provided with avertical upper slot extending from a pointabove the horizontal shoulders thereof and opening through the roundededge of the neck and having a lower vertical slot spaced from the upperslot and opening through the bottom edge of said section whereby whenthe sections are assembled the slots of one section will interengagewith the slots of the other section and permit pivotal movement of saidsections from an eX- tended position transversely of each other to

